When I try to access https://developers.facebook.com/apps when logged in as a business account it redirects me back to my homepage and won't let me create an app.

Context: A business / advertising account (sometimes called a 'gray account') is a special, now-deprecated type of account Facebook provided to advertisers to manage their Ads and Pages before Business Manager launched - the primary reason people want to use a business account with an App is to link the existing App to the Ad account so Ads can be driven to the application.

Is there any way to manage or create a Facebook app using a business / gray account?

Apart from being an FAQ I'd love to see a canonical answer for; as someone said on an earlier, closed, version of this question, this should probably stay open as: "It's a question about how to develop a Facebook app, and therefore about "software development in some way", therefore on topic. It's also a "practical, answerable question based on actual problems that were faced"
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IgyMay 29 '12 at 19:54

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'Business' or advertising accounts can't manage apps - if at some point in the past you were able to create an app using a business account this was a bug or loophole and shouldn't have been possible - only real verified user accounts should be able to create and manage apps.

It's also possible to have a Business account which owns apps if you created a fake user account, created apps, and later converted your user account into a business account or had Facebook do it for you.

If you need to share ownership of the app between multiple people

You can do this by making all of the admins/developers working on the app developers or admins directly via the API or the 'Roles' tab of the App settings:

If you need to run ads for the app using a business account

You can specify which business accounts will manage the ads for an app in the app settings on the Advanced tab - add the email address used to manage the ads.

This is the only supported connection between apps and business accounts.

I don't believe we actively document things in the negative - but we've listed these requirements to admin an app - facebook.com/help/?faq=117200265032897 for example; business accounts are pretty limited in what they can do, effectively they can only access page management and ad management tools on Facebook.com
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IgyMay 29 '12 at 21:34

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So what happens when the person who registered the app leaves the company???? I need to know.
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Theodore R. SmithOct 27 '12 at 11:15

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They give access to their replacement(s) - it's an awful, AWFUL idea to have only a single admin of an app or page for several reasons - if the last admin has their account disabled or they deactivate or delete it the app is automatically removed by Facebook
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IgyOct 27 '12 at 19:36

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Igy: What happens when: someone creates business account and register as developer with a mobile number, then find out its impossible to set up facebook login with that account and decide to create personal account. Then it makes imposible to register as developer with mobile number used before (for business account). I've tired to report the problem to Facebook, but got standard reply: they connot reply to all bug reports but it will be used to improve service - whatever it means. Is the only solution to get a new mobile number? All I need from Facebook is to set up Facebook Login Provider.
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Wojciech MarkowskiSep 9 '13 at 22:58

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Regarding: The phone number you're trying to verify was recently used to verify a different account. Please try a different number, there is a way to remove the phone number from the business account (as I recall under the mobile menu item). You need to wait about a day to be able to use the number to Register as Developer on a regular account. Another note, you cannot completely opt out of the Facebook Platform and also register as a developer. As I recall under the Apps menu item you can opt into Developer (and opt out of everything else to preserve your privacy if you wish)
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subsciOct 28 '13 at 17:29